Throne of Blood

Foggy mountain roads, a dark forest, the sound of rustling leaves. Samurai warriors lost, a spirit's prophecy unfolds, a lord's castle in sight. Kurosawa transposes Shakespeare to feudal Japan with stark precision.

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Akira Kurosawa directed Throne of Blood in 1957. See Akira Kurosawa's full filmography, where to start with Akira Kurosawa, or where to go after you've seen everything by Akira Kurosawa.

Throne of Blood was released in 1957 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 108 minutes.